The Cambridge Dictionary defines manifesto as “a written statement of the beliefs, aims, and policies of an organization, especially a political party.” Hmmm. PETRA is, quite clearly, not a political party. It is an interdisciplinary expert network set up to look at whether trade policy and trade and investment agreements could be used to tackle … Continued
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. (Nelson Mandela) Pondering my learning from PETRA’s joint webinar with the UK Public Health Network on the public health implications of trade and investment laws, I … Continued
Prof Amandine Garde, Professor of Law at the University of Liverpool Law School and Director of the Law and NCD Unit, looks at international economic law and human rights law perspectives on childhood obesity. Her new book discusses the potential of human rights law to regulate the food industry as well as the principle of … Continued
Every aspect of global health policy must now be reconsidered from the perspective of AP (After the Pandemic), although the pandemic of course is still with us. One of the pandemic’s early lessons was the fragility of a profit-oriented system for vaccine development. Before the pandemic, there were only four major transnational vaccine producers, … Continued
As part of its work programme, PETRA has been tasked with developing an interdisciplinary research framework (or “manifesto”) on the intersection between trade and health and wellbeing. We developed plans for a series of intelligence-gathering workshops to hear views from researchers, the third sector, and policymakers from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A sandpit … Continued
The PETRA team are delighted to be launching the Network in the House of Lords on 18th February 2020.